Renovation and extension to a XVI century cottage in Essex. Our starting point for the design proposals will take reference from the original house and the local barns of Essex. The key to the design success of this project is to provide a new element that relates, but do not mimic the old house, and that will act as a subservient element within the whole...
arrock Street / Location: Gravesend, Kent / Date: 2007 This project provided a new toilet facility at the heart of a regeneration area in Gravesend, Kent. The brief required the building to be an eye-catching, ‘minor-landmark’. We developed a simple conceptual diagram consisting of four loadbearing internal walls which defined the main internal spaces supporting a triangular roof form that derived from the...
Casa La Cleta / Location: Huesca, Spain / Date: Current / Client: Javier & Ana Oros This is another project for a new, family house in Northern Spain. The site lies at the foothills of the pyrenees close to an 11th Century village called Bolea. The design idea developed in direct response to the specific characteristics of the landscape. Travelling through and over this...
The brief for this project was to provide a retreat for the client, away from the noise and chaos created by their small children, but still attached to the main house. The project also involved a reformation and restoration of the existing interior. The property is a typical semi-detached house in north London, with a deep garden. The design was conceived as a...
Solar House / Location: Wiltshire, England / Date: 2005 / Client: Hatch Estates This scheme seeks to build-on the partial remains of 17th century stone walls. From its northerly, more public side the new proposals are barely visible intrusions that appear to grow out of these existing structures. From the south, private side the building reveals itself to address a dramatic view of...
Our proposal was to provide a walled in, white-rendered, box-like dwelling. The intense heat and subsequent need for shade and cross ventilation, together with the need for high level security, dictated its form and roof shape. The design provides a house with a shaded, double-height courtyard at the centre of the house with judiciously placed, frame-viewing windows to the exterior. The exterior spaces and...
Kent / Date: Current / Client: Greg & Inge Finn Description: This project for a house conversion in Kent involved a complete renovation of every element of the interior and exterior. When we visited the original house we were struck by how ugly it was. We even suggested the client considered selling up or building a new house. For various reasons this was...
The site for this project is within a new village compound close to the village of Nueno, in the Spanish pyrenees. The layout is partly determined by local regulations regarding height, footprint and materials. These limitations help to harmonise the village development and provide the architect with a pallette to work with. The design was also inspired by the Fischer House designed by Louis...
This project was for a rear and roof extension to a Victorian terrace house in the Arlington conservation area in Islington. Using vertical timber cladding to form a curved rear extension (see image) its form a response to the needs to respect rights of light to the neighbouring properties. Despite commending its design, the planning authority refused permission stating the proposals would be “visible” to...